we GES < www.daniyalstudio9.comys* nef fh Course name: English I Level: Intermediate Course Code: 386 Semester: Spring 2022 Assignment: 1 1 Assignment Date: 01-07-2022 Total Assignment: 2 2 Assignment Date: 30-08-2022 Assignment no. 1 Question no 1: In Unit 2, Section A; you are taught how to introduce yourself to others. Now imagine you go home with one of your class fellows. How would you introduce yourself to his/her parents keeping in mind your qualification, qualities ete.? Answer: My name is Asad. I am sixteen years old. I am doing my intermediate from AIOU. I am five feet seven inches. I have fair complexion with a round face and black eyes. We are a family of five members, my parents, one brother, one sister and me. My father is a school teacher (or a bank offi¢er) and my mother is a house wife. I live in Shad Bagh. Ttis a beautiful area with parks and playgrounds. Our house is very big with a green lawn in the front. My hobbies are reading books, playing cricket and gardening. I also like trips and visiting new places. I intend to become an engineer. I am a sociable person and have a lot of friends. Question no 2: Suppose you meet a new colleague for the first time. Write down five questions, which you will ask him to acquaintanceship. These questions should start from auxiliary verbs such as Do, Are, Is, Did, Have etc. You may take guidance from Unit 2 of your textbook. Answer: Question: 1. Do you live I Lahore? 2. Are you a language teacher? 3. Are you going to work with us? 4. Do you like playing any game? 5. Do you like Chinese food? Question no 3: In Unit 3, Section A we talked about how to make requests and grant permissions. Given below are some situations. How would you make a request in cach situation? Follow the example. AAAS EE ty MOU Studio 9 LS ee Se tent G Luewe GES < www.daniyalstudio9.comys* nef fh Example: The phone rings. Sara wants Ahmed to answer it. She says: Would you please answer the phone? i. Your friend is requesting for your cricket bat to play. He says: ii. You want your mother to cook biryani for dinner You say: iii. Your Uncle needs help with cleaning the car. He says: iv.Zohra would like to have your company for the weekend. She says: y. Rana wants to sell his home to you. He says: Answer: Making request: 1. Ahmad, could I take your bat please? . Dear Mom, would you please cook biryani for dinner today? . Ali, could you keep me with cleaning the car? . Nida, would it be possible for you to accompany me for the weekend? . Ali, I was wondering if you could buy my home? wn AE Question no 4: You read in Unit 3, Section C how to guess the meanings of words from the text. Read the following statements and guess the meanings of the words in bold. Also write the dictionary meanings of these words. Can you imagine life without the personal computer? Well, without two of Bill Gates’s high school teachers, that could be our world today. Gates’s math’s teacher, Fred Wright, asked him to push himself just a little bit harder. Maybe that’s why the founder of Microsoft sometimes slept under his desk in the office instead of going home to relax after work. And his drama teacher, Anne Stephens, helped him discover a love of the spotlight when she made the sometimes-withdrawn schoolboy the star of the school play. Gates thanked his teachers, saying, ‘There’s no way there would be a Microsoft without them doing what they did. Answer: Words Meanings guessed Dictionary meanings i. | Imagine Visualize Form a mental image ii. | Instead Alternatively As a substitute iii. | Discover _Find out Detect iv. | Spotlight | Fame Publicity v. | Withdrawn Unsociable Departed AAAS EE ty MOU Studio 9 LS ee Se tent G Luewe GES < www.daniyalstudio9.comys* nef fh Question no 5: You have learnt in Unit 4 how to describe people, Section A. Look at the people in the following photo. Describe each one of them in at least 3 sentences. Answer: Describing people (Left to Right): 1. i. This is the photo of a young man. ii, He has square face with black eyes. iii. He is an elegant, well dressed fellow. 2. i. This is the photo of a middle aged man. ii. He has a long face with small beard. iii. He has black bright eyes and a turban on head. 3. i. This is the photo of a young, stylish man. ii. He has round black eyes with glasses. iii. He has long face with French cut small beard and moustaches. 4.4. This is the photo of a middle aged man. He has an oval face with long bright eyes. iii. His complexion is a bit dark with straight hair. Question no 6: Punctuation marks are very much important in English language, as you have read in Unit 4, Section C. Punctuate the following sentences. i How are you she asked me. I think it’s a great way to gather information. Mother Teresa was born in Skopje Macedonia on Monday August 27, 1910 iv. That is my sister in laws car. y. Her ankle began to swell she want going to finish the race. Answer: AAAS EE ty MOU Studio 9 LS ee Se tent G Luewe GES < www.daniyalstudio9.comys* nef fh Punctuation: 1. “How are you”? She asked me. 2. I think it’s a great way to gather information. 3. Mother Teresa was born in Skopje Macedonia on Monday, August 27,1910. 4. This is my sister-in-law’s car. 5. Her ankle began to swell, she wants going to finish the race. Question no 7: In unit 5, Section A, you have read how do we express happiness. Given below are some expressions. Use them in sentences for expressing happiness. i. Sounds fun ii, It best day ever iii. Fantastic new iv.Iam excited y. It’s a success Answer: Expressing Happiness: 1. It stands fun, you have won a motoreyele in the raffle draw. 2. [have got engaged today. It’s best day ever. 3. My father has won the prize, what a fantastic new! 4. Lam excited, I’ve won the competition. 5. Congratulations! It’s great success indeed. Question no 8: Unit 5, Section B teaches you how to do skimming. Read the following passage carefully, skim it and write the gist of the text in your own words. In the past, it was easy for people to keep track of their personal information. Like their possessions, people’s information existed mostly in physical form: on paper, kept in a folder, locked in a cupboard or an office. Today, our personal information can be collected and stored online, and it’s accessible to more people than ever before. Every search you make, message your send and item you buy online is part of your ‘digital footprint’. Companies and online platforms use this ‘footprint’ to track exactly what we are doing; from what links we click on to how much time we spend on a website. Based on your online activity, they AAAS EE ty MOU Studio 9 LS ee Se tent G Luewe GES < www.daniyalstudio9.comys* nef fh can guess what you are interested in and what things you might want to buy. Answer: Gist of the Text: In the past people kept their personal information in physical form. Now a days we can store our biodata online. Whatever we search online, our track record can be tracked through websites, that we often use. AAAS EE ty MOU Studio 9 LS ee Se tent G Lue